21896. Adulteration of apples. V. S. v. Kemp Ross and Paul McKercber. 
Plea of nolo contendere by Paul McKercber. Fine, $15. Plea of 
guilty by Kemp Ross. Fine, $15. (F. & D. no. 30270. I.S. nos. 
52972, 52974, 53478.)
This case was based on interstate shipments of apples that were found to 
bear arsenic and lead in amounts that might have rendered them injurious to 
health.
On August 19, 1933, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against Kemp Ross and ,Paul MeKercher, 
Wenatchee, Wash., theretofore President and Secretary-Treasurer of MeKercher 
& Ross, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of 
Washington, alleging shipment by said defendants in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act, on or about March 22, March 24, and March 26, 1932, from 
the State of Washington into the State of Minnesota, of quantities of apples 
that were adulterated. The article was labeled in part: " BuU's-Eye Brand 
Fruit Scobel & Day Distributors * * * Apples Grown by N. E. Derry, 
Wenatchee, Wash."
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that 
it contained added poisonous and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, 
which might have rendered it injurious to health.
On September 1, 1933, defendant Paul MeKercher entered a plea of nolo con- 
tendere, and the court imposed a fine of $15. On October 25, 1933, defendant 
Kemp Ross entered a plea of guilty, and the court imposed a fine of $15.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.